The coronavirus pandemic saw the government, devolved administrations and local authorities making a huge range of payments to businesses, individuals and families. In most cases, these payments were made in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 tax years. On this page, we explain the tax and National Insurance ...

If you have received some financial support from parents, other family members or friends who can afford to give or lend money, you will want to know what the tax implications are, if any. This depends on whether the support is through a loan or a gift of cash.

You may not have to pay tax on all of your income. Some income is non-taxable, not taxable, exempt or tax free. This means you do not include that income in your total taxable income and you do not have to pay tax on it.

Some income is called taxable, which means it forms part of the total income on which you have to calculate tax (though sometimes no tax may be due if the income falls within your allowances or is taxed at 0%).

If you are not happy with HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) service or the way they have treated you, you may wish to make a complaint. On this page, we explain how to make a complaint to HMRC. We also explain how to take matters further if your complaint is not settled to your satisfaction and what ...

This page explains the basics of the appeal process. We then aim to help you work through all the stages of resolving a tax dispute with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), including making an appeal to an independent tax tribunal.